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C. A.. 8 J. D.. SULLIVAN.

HOOD FOR HORSES Patented May. 8

INVENToRs y ATTORNEY.:

UNITED STATES oHARLES A.' SULLIVAN PATENT OFFICE.

AND JOHN DEAN SULLIVAN, or WINDSOR, ONTARIO, OANADA.

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sPRcIrIcAzrroN forming part of Leners Patent No. 382,668, aai-ea Mey a,ieee.

Application filed March 19, 1888. 'Serial No. 267,628. (No model.) i vTo aZZ wwmit may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES ALBERT SUL LIvAN and JOHN DEAN SULLIVAN,citizens of theUnited States, residing at Windsor, in the county ofEssex andProvince of Ontario, Cauada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fire-Protecting Hoods for Horses, of which thefollowing is a specificat-ion, reference being'had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This improvement relates to a hood to be used to cover a horses head incase of fire, so thatV he may be readily led past it without frighteninghim.

It is well known that it is Very difficult to take a horse out of astable or barn when a Y portion of the sameis on re, as the horsebecomes so frightened as to be thoroughly unmanageable. object of ourimprovement, and for this purpose we have invented a hood designed to bereadily slippedV over a horses head and arranged to cover his eyes sothat he cannot see the fire, by which means he may be readily led pastthe same wit-hout danger or even diliticulty; and the invention consistsin the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combinations ofparts,hereinafter more fully described, and then definitely pointed voutin the claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a sideelevation of our hood as it appears in position when in use, and Fig. 2a back view of the hood detached from the horse in two positions.

Referring now to the details of the drawings, A` represents the mainframe, and B a` supplementary frame pivoted to the main frame by rivetsG.' Secured to the main frame is a canvas or cloth covering, D, andpreferably having openings d for the ears ofthe animal. This coveringmay be attached to the frame in any desired manner; but we prefer tosecure it by meansof metallic strips E and rivets F, as'shown.A A

The lower end of the frame A Ina-y be provided with a fastening of anysuitable design, and we have shown, as a convenient fastener, a link, G,which is secured to one side of the end a of the frame A and swings overonto the 5o other side, a. l

The operation is as follows: Supposing a sta- To avoid this diiiicultyis the,v4

ble to be `on re in such a position as would frighten ahorse if it wereattempted to lead him v past the burning part of the building to get Ihim out of the door, the hood is taken and xdoubled up, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 2,

and the lower part, a a', is expanded and slipped over the neck of thehorsefimmediately behind the ears, and then 'allowed to assume itsnormal contracted position, and by 6o this means may be firmly securedupon the animals head. If thought necessary, the link G may be slippedover the end a', which will hold it in the frame firmer. Thesupplemental frame B is then dropped down toward the animals nose, andhis leyes are thus covered so that he cannot see the fire, and he may bereadily led past it without danger or difficulty. As soon as thehorsehas been led past the firel y the hood may be readily slipped oli`and taken 7o back and put on another horse, who may be led out, and thusthe lives of many valuable horses may be saved which could not behandled at all without the hood.

The hood may be slipped on over the halter, .75 and will notinterl'erewith the same.

We may sometimes dispensey with the frame B and allow the canvas D tohang down loosely; but we prefer to use the supplementary frame. We mayalso sometimes make the 8o' frames A and B` each in two parts andconnect them by a hinge, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. v

What we claim as new is l. A hood for animals provided with an eX-pansible frame, A, and canvas D, substantial] y as described.

2. The combination, in a hood for horses, of a frame, A, a supplementaryfranie, B, and a canvas, D,substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a hood for horses, of the canvas D, the frame A,the supplementary frame B, and the link G, alll substantially as shownand described.

In testimony whereof we affix our Signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES A. SULLIVAN. JOHN DEAN SULLIVAN.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. FLEMING, JOHN TURK.

